With a spray rose, accent flowers and Eucalyptus leaves

What you need:

• 2 Long Eucalyptus leaves with stems attached or several Italian Ruscus leaves with stem (cut about 5 inches)

• 1 small rose or a Spray Rose (cut about 3.5”)

• 2 filler flowers (cut between 3.5”- 4.25”)

• floral tape (purchase here)

• 5/8” light beige double faced satin ribbon (cut about 8 inches - trim to about 6.5 inches) (purchase here)

• 24-gauge green enameled paddle wire (purchase here)

• 1 piece 18-gauge green floral wire

• 2 boutonniere pins (purchase here)

  Tools:

• small garden shears (purchase here) or regular garden shears (purchase here)

• wire cutters or heavy duty scissors (99 cent store)

• fabric scissors

Steps: 5

Rated: Easy

Men began wearing boutonnieres or "buttonhole flowers" in the 16th century. Boutonnière, of course, is a French word meaning "button hole". Men began wearing flowers in the buttonholes of their lapels in the 16th century, and the style of boutonnieres changed along with the style of men’s apparel. For more about this see:

https://oureverydaylife.com/what-does-the-corsage-symbolize-12000078.html

The boutonniere was worn through the top buttonhole. Now it is pinned on the left lapel of a man’s suit. For a wedding, a groom’s boutonniere can match the bride’s bouquet but should be different from other boutonnieres worn by men in the wedding party.

The latest style in Boutonnieres shows bare stems with a neutral ribbon in a single knot. Start with your leaves (Eucalyptus or Italian Ruscus) that will form the back and structure for the boutonniere. You will use a piece of 18-gauge floral wire to hold the up the head of the main flower, the rose, and you will use the finer paddle wire to stabilize any filler flowers that may need more structure.

If your main flower is, for example, a hollow stemmed flower like a ranuncula instead of a rose, you will insert a piece of 18-gauge floral wire up the hollow center of the ranuncula, and then cut the wire at the end of the flower. Select two different filler flowers to put on either side of your central flower. Vary the heights. When making a boutonniere with exposed stems, you will still use floral tape but will just wrap it three times. Don’t worry, the flower tape will be hidden with the neutral ribbon.

After the boutonniere is finished you can give it a quick spray of water mixed with flower food and close it inside a boutonniere bag or a baggie to keep it fresh and place it in your refrigerator until the next morning.

If you have your flowers, supplies and tools, let’s begin.